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4 December 1885		7,322/8,437	86.78
Dr George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal Party	3,741	51.09
John Edwards Edwards-Moss	Conservative Party	3,581	48.91
Majority		160	2.19

7 July 1886		6,985/8,437	82.79
Hon George Nathaniel Curzon	Conservative Party	3,723	53.30
Dr George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal Party	3,262	46.70
Majority		461	6.60

12 July 1892		8,900/10,514	84.65
Hon George Nathaniel Curzon	Conservative Party	4,752	53.39
Dr George Herbert Pollard	Liberal Party	4,148	46.61
Majority		604	6.79

17 July 1895		9,561/11,523	82.97
Rt Hon George Nathaniel Curzon	Conservative Party	5,162	53.99
Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, Bt	Liberal Party	4,399	46.01
Majority		763	7.98

10 August 1898 Resignation of Rt Hon George Curzon on appointment as Viceroy and Governor-General of India. (Northstead)

24 August 1898		9,928/12,395	80.10
Sir Herbert Scarisbrick Naylor-Leyland, Bt	Liberal Party	5,100	51.37
Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, Baron Skelmersdale	Conservative Party	4,828	48.63
Majority		272	2.74

7 May 1899 Death of Sir Herber Naylor-Leyland, Bt.

30 May 1899		10,687/12,656	84.44
Sir George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal Party	5,635	52.73
Charles Barrington Balfour	Conservative Party	5,052	47.27
Majority		583	5.46

11 October 1900		10,835/13,164	82.31
Edward Marshall-Hall	Conservative Party	5,522	50.96
Sir George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal Party	5,313	49.04
Majority		209	1.93

24 January 1906		12,974/14,854	87.34
John Moir Astbury	Liberal Party	6,607	50.92
Edward Marshall-Hall	Conservative Party	6,367	49.08
Majority		240	1.85

24 January 1910		14,855/16,660	89.17
Godfrey Dalrymple-White	Conservative Party	7,637	51.41
Maurice Arnold de Forest, Baron de Forest	Liberal Party	7,218	48.59
Majority		419	2.82

12 December 1910		14,265/16,660	85.62
Godfrey Dalrymple-White	Conservative Party	7,467	52.34
Hubert Bailey Drysdale Woodcock	Liberal Party	6,798	47.66
Majority		669	4.69

14 December 1918		20,434/33,150	61.64
Godfrey Dalrymple-White	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	14,707	71.97
Arthur Greenwood	Labour Party	5,727	28.03
Majority		8,980	43.95

15 November 1922		25,801/33,836	76.25
Godfrey Dalrymple-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,733	53.23
Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, Bt	Liberal Party	12,068	46.77
Majority		1,665	6.45

6 December 1923		26,480/34,871	75.94
Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, Bt	Liberal Party	13,704	51.75
Sir Thomas Walter Comyn-Platt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,776	48.25
Majority		928	3.50

29 October 1924		28,588/36,310	78.73
Godfrey Dalrymple-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,430	60.97
Sir John Fowler Leece Brunner, Bt	Liberal Party	11,158	39.03
Majority		6,272	21.94

30 May 1929		43,761/54,962	79.62
Sir Godfrey Dalrymple-White, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,161	48.36
Cecil Beresford Ramage	Liberal Party	17,220	39.35
Arthur Leonard Williams	Labour Party	5,380	12.29
Majority		3,941	9.01

27 October 1931		44,290/55,592	79.67
Robert Spear Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,307	68.43
Ronw Moelwyn Hughes	Labour Party	13,983	31.57
Majority		16,324	36.86

14 November 1935		41,071/57,951	70.87
Robert Spear Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,652	72.20
Robert Carrington Willis	Labour Party	11,419	27.80
Majority		18,233	44.39

5 July 1945		50,792/68,456	74.20
Rt Hon Robert Spear Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,792	52.75
William Hamling	Labour Party	13,596	26.77
Robert Martin	Liberal Party	10,404	20.48
Majority		13,196	25.98

23 February 1950		52,858/64,590	81.84
Rt Hon Robert Spear Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,766	56.31
John Petchell Bonney	Labour Party	14,159	26.79
Harry Ellington	Liberal Party	8,933	16.90
Majority		15,607	29.53

25 October 1951		50,499/65,018	77.67
Rt Hon Robert Spear Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,388	60.18
Hywell Owen Ellis	Labour Party	12,535	24.82
Hubert David Bentliff	Liberal Party	7,576	15.00
Majority		17,853	35.35

1951 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Hudson to the Peerage - Viscount Hudson.

6 February 1952		39,675/65,018	61.02
Roger Fleetwood Hesketh	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,589	61.98
Alan Lever Tillotson	Labour Party	11,310	28.51
Hubert David Bentliff	Liberal Party	3,776	9.52
Majority		13,279	33.47

26 May 1955		43,095/62,618	68.82
Roger Fleetwood Hesketh	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,268	70.24
Peter Bruce Cameron	Labour Party	12,827	29.76
Majority		17,441	40.47

8 October 1959		48,002/62,466	76.85
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,905	56.05
Sam Goldberg	Liberal Party	11,292	23.52
Charles Wilfred Hadfield	Labour Party	9,805	20.43
Majority		15,613	32.53

15 October 1964		46,098/60,288	76.46
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,917	51.88
Leonard Goldwater	Labour Party	11,572	25.10
Charles Jack Coleman	Liberal Party	10,609	23.01
Majority		12,345	26.78

31 March 1966		43,752/60,218	72.66
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,324	51.02
John Leslie Prescott	Labour Party	12,798	29.25
Charles Jack Coleman	Liberal Party	8,630	19.72
Majority		9,526	21.77

18 June 1970		45,717/64,772	70.58
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,958	50.22
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Party	13,809	30.21
Bruce Thomas George	Labour Party	8,950	19.58
Majority		9,149	20.01

28 February 1974		50,758/65,606	77.37
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,975	47.23
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Party	20,093	39.59
Peter Rimmer Ward	Labour Party	6,690	13.18
Majority		3,882	7.65

10 October 1974		48,724/66,094	73.72
Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,014	47.23
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Party	17,387	35.68
Ifan Gareth James	Labour Party	8,323	17.08
Majority		5,627	11.55

3 May 1979		51,104/68,385	74.73
Sir Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,953	50.78
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Party	19,426	38.01
Ifan Gareth James	Labour Party	5,725	11.20
Majority		6,527	12.77

9 June 1983		50,792/70,851	71.69
Sir Walter Ian Percival	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,612	50.43
Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne	Liberal Party in Alliance	20,573	40.50
Francis Patrick Brady	Labour Party	4,233	8.33
Kevin Laroux Wood	Independent	374	0.74
Majority		5,039	9.92

11 June 1987		54,507/72,210	75.48
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Party in Alliance	26,110	47.90
Nigel Matthew Thomas	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,261	44.51
Audrey Moore	Labour Party	3,483	6.39
Justin Raymond Gilchrist Walker	Green Party	653	1.20
Majority		1,849	3.39

9 April 1992		55,440/71,443	77.60
Matthew Richard William Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,081	47.04
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Democrats	23,018	41.52
James King	Labour Party	5,637	10.17
Justin Raymond Gilchrist Walker	Green Party	545	0.98
Dr Geoffrey Clements	Natural Law Party	159	0.29
Majority		3,063	5.52

1 May 1997		50,596/70,194	72.08
Ronald Cyril Fearn	Liberal Democrats	24,346	48.12
Matthew Richard William Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,186	35.94
Sarah Jane Norman	Labour Party	6,125	12.11
Frank William Buckle	Referendum Party	1,368	2.70
Susan Ashton	Official Liberal Party	386	0.76
Elizabeth Ann Lines	Natural Law Party	93	0.18
Michael Jeremy Middleton	Nat Dem	92	0.18
Majority		6,160	12.17

7 June 2001		41,153/70,785	58.14
Dr John David Pugh	Liberal Democrats	18,011	43.77
Laurence Cresswell Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,004	36.46
Paul David Brant	Labour Party	6,816	16.56
David William Green	Official Liberal Party	767	1.86
Gerald David Kelly	UK Independence Party	555	1.35
Majority		3,007	7.31

5 May 2005		41,201/67,977	60.61
Dr John David Pugh	Liberal Democrats	19,093	46.34
Mark Stuart Bigley	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,255	37.03
Paul David Brant	Labour Party	5,277	12.81
Terence John Durrance	UK Independence Party	749	1.82
William Givens	Independent	589	1.43
Harry Forster	Veritas	238	0.58
Majority		3,838	9.32

6 May 2010		43,757/67,200	65.11
Dr John David Pugh	Liberal Democrats	21,707	49.61
Brenda Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,683	35.84
Jim Conalty	Labour Party	4,116	9.41
Terence John Durrance	UK Independence Party	2,251	5.14
Majority		6,024	13.77

7 May 2015		44,101/67,326	65.50
Dr John David Pugh	Liberal Democrats	13,652	30.96
Damien Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,330	27.96
Elizabeth Catherine Savage	Labour Party	8,468	19.20
Terence John Durrance	UK Independence Party	7,429	16.85
Laurence George Rankin	Green Party	1,230	2.79
Jacqueline Anne Barlow	Southport	992	2.25
Majority		1,322	3.00

8 June 2017		47,956/69,400	69.10
Damien Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,541	38.66
Elizabeth Catherine Savage	Labour Party	15,627	32.59
Sue McGuire	Liberal Democrats	12,661	26.40
Terence John Durrance	UK Independence Party	1,127	2.35
Majority		2,914	6.08

12 December 2019		48,180/70,837	68.02
Damien Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,914	47.56
Elizabeth Catherine Savage	Labour Party	18,767	38.95
John Patrick Wright	Liberal Democrats	6,499	13.49
Majority		4,147	8.61

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		45,059/73,641	61.19
Patrick Brian Hurley	Labour Party	17,252	38.29
Damien Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,463	25.44
Andrew Norman Lynn	Reform UK	7,395	16.41
Erin Victoria Harvey	Liberal Democrats	5,868	13.02
Edwin Gordon Black	Green Party	2,159	4.79
Sean Robert Halsall	Independent	922	2.05
Majority		5,789	12.85